Which international aviation body has adopted key aspirational goals to mitigate carbon emissions from aviation and its impact on climate change, and has clubbed them under CORSIA and LTAG, to be implemented in three phases with India joining from 2027?

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India will start participating in the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and the Long-Term Aspirational Goals (LTAG) in 2027. In order to mitigate carbon emissions from aviation and its impact on climate change, the global body has adopted several key aspirational goals. Among them are a two per cent annual fuel efficiency improvement through 2050, carbon neutral growth and net zero by 2050. The ICAO has clubbed them under CORSIA and LTAG. The former is to be implemented in three phases. As the rationale for joining the ICAO's climate action measures from 2027. India committed to net zero by 2070 at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. About ICAO Founded: 7 December 1944                     Headquarters: Montreal, Canada